IPL 2026 Commentators: A day before the start of the 19th season of IPL, the commentary panel of this tournament has been announced which includes many legendary former cricketers. R Ashwin’s name is also among these cricketers. There is also a player in this list who captained his country and today his wife runs a juice shop. We are talking about Darren Ganga, who has been the former captain of West Indies and is included in the English commentary team of IPL.
Darren Ganga’s career
Darren Ganga has played 48 Tests, 35 ODI matches for West Indies and has also played one T20. Ganga scored 3 centuries in his career. His career was nothing special but he is popular as a commentator. This former cricketer is seen commentating in every major tournament or league. Well, this player also has a special business. Actually, he has a juice shop in Trinidad, which is run by his wife Parineeta. The name of this juice shop is Ganga Juice Bar. Parineeta was born in Australia and grew up in New York but now she lives in Trinidad and Indian culture is very close to her heart. It was on Parineeta’s insistence that Darren Ganga opened a juice shop. He took this decision during the lockdown in the year 2020.
Ashwin’s entry in IPL 2026
Ashwin has also entered IPL 2026. Ashwin is going to be seen in IPL not as a player but as a commentator. The interesting thing is that Ashwin will be seen commentating in Hindi, while his first language is Tamil, and his English is quite good. By the way, this player is seen doing YouTube live in Hindi.
List of commentators of IPL 2026
This time in the English commentary panel of IPL 2026, AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Faf Du Plessis, Kevin Pietersen, Aaron Fitch, Eoin Morgan, Michael Clarke, Mitchell McClenaghan, Deep Dasgupta, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Simon Doull, Daniel Morrison, Darren Ganga, Nick Knight, Graeme Smith.
Apart from R Ashwin, the Hindi commentary panel includes Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Aakash Chopra, Cheteshwar Pujara, Aditya Tare, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Bangar, Ajay Jadeja, Mohammad Kaif, Saba Karim, Deep Dasgupta, Padmajit Sehrawat, Anant Tyagi, Sunil Taneja.